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1. The Buenos Aires Quintet (Five Star Fiction S.)
2. Southern Seas (A Five Star Title)
3. Murder in the Central Committee (Five Star Fiction)
4. Off Side (A Five Star Title)
5. Quinteto De Buenos Aires
6. The Angst-Ridden Executive (A Five Star Title)
7. The Man of My Life
8. An Olympic Death (A Five Star Title)
9. Asesinato En El Comite Central
10. Sabotaje Olimpico (Un Caso Carvalho)
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The Buenos Aires Quintet (Five Star Fiction S.)
Authors: Manuel Vzquez Montalbn. Paperback, 384 pagesPublisher: Five Star Publication Date: 2006-09-01 Reviews :
"The most metaphysical gumshoe on the streets."- The TimesWhen Pepe Carvalho's uncle asks him to find his son Ral in Buenos Aires, Pepe is reluctant. All he knows about Argentina is "tango, Maradona, and the disappeared," and he has no desire to find out more. But family is family, and soon Carvalho is in Buenos Aires, getting more caught up in Argentina's troubled past than is good for anybody. ...
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Southern Seas (A Five Star Title)
Authors: Manuel Vzquez Montalbn. Paperback, 224 pagesPublisher: Serpent's Tail Publication Date: 2000-06-01 Reviews :
The body of Stuart Pedrell, a powerful businessman, is found in a Barcelona suburb. He had disappeared on his way to Polynesia in search of the visionary spirit of Paul Gauguin. Who better to find the killer of a dead dreamer than Pepe Carvalho, overweight bon viveur and ex-communist? The trail for Pedrell's killer unearths a world of disillusioned radicals, graphic sex, and nouvelle cuisine -- ingredients of post-Franco Spain. A tautly written mystery with an unforgettable -- and highly unusual -- protagonist....
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Murder in the Central Committee (Five Star Fiction)
Authors: Manuel Vazquez Montalban. Paperback, 224 pagesPublisher: Five Star Publication Date: 2005-06-01 Edition: 5 Star Edition Reviews :
"Montalbn writes with authority and compassion-a le Carr-like sorrow."-Publishers Weekly The lights go out during a meeting of the Central Committee of the Spanish Communist Party; Fernando Garrido, the general secretary, has been murdered. Pepe Carvalho, who has worked for both the party and the CIA, is well-suited to track down Garrido's murderer. This, the best-known title in the Pepe Carvalho series, features everything that is wonderful about the books: sex, politics and a most vivid sense of Spain. ...
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Off Side (A Five Star Title)
Authors: Manuel Vzquez Montalbn. Paperback, 288 pagesPublisher: Serpent's Tail Publication Date: 2001-01-01 Reviews :
Montalban writes with authority and compassion -a Le Carr-like sorrow.- Publishers Weekly"Montalban is a writer who is caustic about the powerful and tender towards the oppressed"- TLSOff Side is the 5th novel in the hugely successful Pepe Carvalho series. To revive its sagging fortunes, Barcelona soccer club has bought the services of Jack Mortimer, European Soccer Player of the Year. No sooner has Mortimer taken possession of his company Porsche than death threats start arriving. Are they a hoax, the work of a loner or are they connected to the awesome real estate speculation that is tearing Barcelona apart? Manuel Vazquez Montalban lives in Barcelona where he was born in 1939. Journalist, writer, and chef (the Pepe Carvalho cookbook is a Spanish best-seller), Montalban is best known for his dectective novels. He is the winner of the Raymond Chandler Prize for Dectective Fiction and many other major awards....
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Quinteto De Buenos Aires
Authors: Manuel Vazquez Montalban.
Paperback, 523 pages
Publisher: Booket
Publication Date: 2004-08-30
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Quartet sailing with 'Blackbeard' miniseries (Reuters) Reuters - Just before moviegoers
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Channel will bring TV viewers its own swashbuckling actioner in
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Solaris (Soderbergh, Steven) Clooney's strained expressions get old fast in what plays like a space-bound rough draft of Eternal Sunshine with nice camerawork.
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The Angst-Ridden Executive (A Five Star Title)
Authors: Manuel Vzquez Montalbn. Paperback, 240 pagesPublisher: Serpent's Tail Publication Date: 2002-02-01 Edition: 5 Reviews :
Antonio Jauma, an old acquaintance, dies desperately wanting to get in touch with Pepe Carvalho. Jauma's widow has good reason to believe that her husband's death is not what it seems. And who better to investigate than Carvalho, a private eye with a CIA past and contacts with the Communist Party. ...
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The Man of My Life
Authors: Manuel Vazquez Montalban. Paperback, 256 pagesPublisher: Serpent's Tail Publication Date: 2006-03-01 Reviews :
"Montalbn does for Barcelona what Chandler did for Los Angeles-he exposes the criminal power relationships beneath the faade of democracy."-Guardian When the son of a rich financier is murdered, Carvalho is called upon to investigate his mysterious death. In his quest for the killer, Carvalho has to infiltrate the world of Satanism and religious sects. Torn between two women-his on-off partner Charo and her eternal hesitations, and the enigmatic Yes, a lover from his youth, the professional and personal merge, and a devastating betrayal leaves Carvalho fighting for his life. Manuel Vzquez Montalbn was born in Barcelona in 1939. He was a journalist, novelist, and creator of Pepe Carvalho, a fast-living, gourmet private detective. He died in October 2003. ...
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An Olympic Death (A Five Star Title)
Authors: Manuel Vazquez Montalban. Paperback, 224 pagesPublisher: Serpent's Tail Publication Date: 2004-03-01 Reviews :
"Montalbn writes with authority and compassion-a Le Carr-like sorrow."-Publishers Weekly As Barcelona prepares for the Games, the city is turned over to make way for new roads, a new stadium, and the giant prawn sculptures of Mariscal. PI Pepe Carvalho now finds himself forced to work for the Olympic entrepreneurs. As Montalbn's overweight hero finds dead bodies and broken socialist promises, he discovers an older, seedier Barcelona hidden behind the shiny new Olympic City. ...
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Asesinato En El Comite Central
Authors: Manuel Vazquez Montalban.
Paperback, pages
Publisher: Planeta
Publication Date: 2004-12
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Sabotaje Olimpico (Un Caso Carvalho)
Authors: Manuel Vazquez Montalban.
Paperback, 178 pages
Publisher: Planeta
Publication Date: 2005-04-05
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Hide and Seek Sweepstakes Hide and Seek is out on DVD on July 5th. When it came out in theatrical release, my review was mostly positive because of the actors (Robert De Niro and Dakota Fanning are two of my faves), but I...
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Weaver back with 'Gorillas' in Fossey documentary (Reuters) Reuters - Nearly 20 years after
she starred as zoologist Dian Fossey in 1988's "Gorillas in the
Mist," Sigourney Weaver will return to the mountains of Rwanda
for the Animal Planet documentary "Gorillas Revisited With
Sigourney Weaver."
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